Eagles got better yes, picked up some good people. Still have FA RB's they can sign back like
Atlanta -> u right.
Carolina added C Matt Paradis -> That's a great signing, if Cam is healthy this season, they are contenders. Re-signed keep players on D
Minnesota -> u right.
Detroit -> DE Trey Flowers -> upgrade no matter what. CB Justin Coleman -> Upgrade . WR - Danny A (not sure..).
Chicago -> S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix -> D JUST GOT A UPGRADE!!!!!!! How is that not notable???!
Seahawks -> OLB K.J. Wright -> Upgrade
49ers -> CB Jason Verrett, RB Tevin Coleman, LB Kwon Alexander -> UPGRADESSSSS
Packers -> Amos, Smith -> UPGRADEEEEEEE
Arizona -> DE Brooks Reed
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did you just miss out on all the recent additions? Out of that list, only like 2 teams stayed relatively same (Falcons, Minny, Seahawks)
NFC is going to be a blood bath
-The Eagles swapped Bennett for Malik, lost Jordan Hicks and gained DJax. That's mostly a wash, if not the slightest of roster upgrades.
-Matt Paradis isn't as good as people think he is. If he was, his offensive lines would'nt be as consistently bad as they are. He's not a significant upgrade over (a healthy) Ryan Kalil.
-Detroit SEVERELY downgraded from Ansah to Flowers. I don't know how else to put this unless you're factoring in Ziggy's injury history. But that's a straight up downgrade and the millionth time someone will overpay for a Pats role player that isn't capable of being a star.
-Chicago downgrades from Amos to Clinton-Dix. Idk how else to put that other than there's a reason Amos got paid like a star and Clinton-Dix got paid like a backup.
-Seahawks resigned KJ Wright, that wasn't an addition. And they lost ET3 who's a minimum 50x more valuable lol.
-Niners did upgrade, I forgot about Kwon. Still, they're relying on too guys coming off injury as a whole and have a core team that wasn't competitive last year.
Arizona is not a competitive team.
Like I said, Packers definitely upgraded. But that's the only NFC team that I feel got SIGNIFICANTLY better through Free Agency. There's still plenty of time to make moves through the draft and trades though. I'd still definitely be picking the Saints as the clear favorite in the conference though. The Rams are on equal footing with a healthy Gurley but everybody else is pretty far behind IMO.
Maybe I'm biased, but I think the Eagles got better. They aren't huge signings, but Malik Jackson and DJax were good pickups. Last year we really had no one next to Cox since Timmy Jernigan got injured. And in addition to Wentz' injuries and the rest of the team being on IR, the offense was really hurt by the lack of a deep threat. Despite Torrey Smith not being productive, he still forced defenses to respect his speed, and it opened things up. Wallace was supposed to be that but immediately got injured. DJax isn't prime DJax anymore, and I doubt he even hits his 2018 numbers this year, but having a deep threat again will really help the offense. Just need a RB
You basically swapped Malik Jackson for Bennett. I'd say that's a wash at best, although I'd rather have Bennett. He'd never give up midway through a season the way Malik did. Although with how deep this draft is for edge rushers, Bennett might be easier to replace than a pure interior guy.
And I'm not totally convinced DJax is really the right fit for Wentz and that offense. Maybe it's just because he hasn't had a "true" deep threat, but Wentz doesn't throw the prettiest deep ball. Maybe I'm just tricked by Alshon being his "deep" guy and dude is ALWAYS unnecssarily jumping out of the roof for balls he should be able to grab in stride, but it's just part of his game I haven't seen I guess. And I'll always be skeptical about a guy who's 30+ and only had speed to his name his whole career. He has to eventually lose a step. But you're right, it could just be a matter of having the threat and not totally about production.
His production also fell off heavily after Tampa's bye week last year which made me feel like he just can't keep it going for a whole season. But that could've been a byproduct of going back to Jameis. To me he's just a huge one dimensional "if" right now.
Plus I think losing Hicks on D is a bigger deal than gaining DJax. I know he's been injury prone and missed that entire 2017 SB run, but he's young and just about to come into his prime. I think Arizona got a steal getting him for half the price of CJ Mosley.